Comboni Missionaries' Team

Mongolia. A small and active Catholic community.

The Catholic Church is a small, vibrant community of about 1,500 people spread across eight parishes. Cardinal Giorgio Marengo is its pastor. Christianity in Mongolia began with the spread of Nestorian communities in the Far East, followers of the Syriac tradition and followers of the teachings of Nestorius, bishop of Constantinople. These communities brought the

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Colombia. “Sharing my experiences of faith”.

Brother Godfroy-Abel Dimanche talks about his experience as a formator and his involvement in pastoral activities with Afro-descendants. I am from the Central African Republic and have been a formator at the Comboni Missionaries’ International Centre for Brothers in Bogotá, Colombia, since 2020. I was previously based in Guayaquil, where I coordinated the Afro-Colombian Cultural

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Mission Diary. Brother Christophe: Walking with Community.

Christophe Blawo, a Comboni Brother, has just obtained a PhD in Social Transformation from Tangaza University.  Here, he talks about what this means for him and the community. The PhD journey is often described as a marathon of the mind, but for me, it was also a journey of the heart and a transformative experience.

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Vocation Story. Deacon Mbithi: “I feel deep empathy and compassion for people”.

“My vocation began as a gentle stirring in my heart and blossomed into a living testament to grace, perseverance and divine providence. “Comboni deacon Nicholas Mbithi talks about his vocation journey. I am the youngest of eight children, with five brothers and three sisters. I was raised in a devout Catholic household firmly rooted in

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Herbs & Plants. Combretum collinum. A valuable medicinal plant.

It is commonly known as bush willow and belongs to the plant family Combretaceae. It is a small to medium-sized, semi-deciduous tree, growing to 18 m in height, with a rounded crown. Bark is light grey, creamy-brown, reddish-brown or brown-black, transversely cracked.  Leaves opposite to alternate, simple, narrowly elliptic to broadly ovate, dark green above,

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